Conversation with the Sea by Hugo Hamilton: A novel of near-perfect beauty
Emotional and moral depth makes this so refreshing, like meeting the only adult in the room
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr: Eloquent imagining of the lives of artists Colquhoun and MacBryde
This is no Hardyesque tale of destiny inescapable, but rather of pity for needless waste, and admiration for lives filled with appetite
The Quiet Ear - An Investigation of Missing Sound: Deafness not as deficit, but a distinctive mode of relating to the world
Raymond Antrobus dismantles myths and reclaims deafness as a cultural, linguistic and poetic space
Sophie White: ‘Staying playful and goofy is the secret of a happy relationship’
The author on her latest novel, Such a Good Couple; her experiences as a bipolar artist; and her genre-hopping tendencies
We Used to Dance Here by Dave Tynan: Tales of Dublin’s stagnating generation
Many of Tynan’s stories eschew a traditional narrative arc, suggesting that for this generation, there is no happy ending
August’s Young Adult fiction: raising the stakes in sequels
New instalments from Scarlett Dunmore, Brían Dungan, Moira Buffini, Catherine Doyle, Triona Campbell and Vanessa Len
The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri: Raw, fascinating, relatable to many in modern Ireland
The pleasure is in the writing and and the intriguing lives of the characters
Mint & Other Stories by Adrian Kenny: Deep and somehow soothing
A writer not trying to prove anything, just viewing humanity with open-eyed serenity
The Girls that Grew Big by Leila Mottley: Young mothers
Second novel from the author of Nightcrawling is narrated by three girls in a fictional Florida backwater
An excellent novel about a student in Stockholm and a cheery story set in wartime England
What a Time to Be Alive by Jenny Mustard; Dear Miss Lake by AJ Pearce; Loved One by Aisha Muharrar
Intensive Care - True Stories of Healing, Heartache and Hope from Inside Irish Children’s Medicine: Where split-second decisions mean life or death
Suzanne Crowe is powerful in her precision on the fear and uncertainty such a career creates - and the many times she wanted to quit
War and Power: Who Wins Wars – and Why: A convincing case that war is simply a failure of politics
This powerful and clear-headed study deftly debunks the notion of the rational ‘grand strategy’ and received notions of the ‘art’ of warfare
Katabasis by RF Kuang: Extreme simplicity wrapped up in convoluted explication
Those hoping for an interesting follow-up to Yellowface may be disappointed
Paper Heart by Cecelia Ahern: More than romance fiction
At its best, an immersive account of individuals trapped by harmful habits of thinking but eager to find more satisfying ways forward
Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland: A pivotal work
Patrick Gleeson’s beautifully laid out book is meticulously researched and utterly absorbing
The Deployment of Art by Clare Carolin: A scathing critique of official British versions of the Troubles
The British academic skewers the long campaign by the British army to promote itself ‘as a kindly force of non-partisan peacekeepers’
Local history: From the Jacobites to Land War, Civil War, and a Brutish empire
Peacetime armed forces of the 1680s, nuggets about the route to the War of Independence, and atrocities in the name of colonisation
The Lines We Draw by Tim Franks: A taut, satisfyingly woven narrative about being Jewish and a journalist
This book is at once a family chronicle, an inquiry into the nature of writing and the forces that shape one’s self, and a history that spans centuries
Burying the Enemy - The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars: A civilising veneer for savagery
A thoughtful book about unfortunate men and what their treatment says about British-German relations
New poetry: Ciaran Berry; Cherry Smyth; Afric McGlinchey; Ralf Webb
States; One Mountain: Sold; à la belle étoile; Highway Cottage
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